"Give me some energy! The battle situation on the front line is tense now, and maybe an enemy will come to attack. If your mistakes cause any harm to Grand Duke Claflin, even if you die, you will not be able to pay your sins!"

On the outskirts of Flosivawa, the captain of the Grand Duke Guard, Asher Claflyn, was patrolling his own defense line. He was the nephew of Henry Claflyn, who entered the army since he was a child and is now the position of major general. Although the Grand Duke Guard is only called the Guard, it has a total of 20,000 people, equivalent to a reorganized army in the Republic of Neglu, who is responsible for defending the Grand Duke's safety. All their soldiers are equipped with the latest heavy sword steam rifles and six hammer steam cannons, which can be said to be armed to the teeth. The Grand Duke Guard soldiers are elites carefully selected from the national military system, and they do not need to consider too much combat effectiveness and loyalty.

"No, I said, Captain, we are more than fifty kilometers away from the front line, and there are at least three legions in front. No matter how the enemy fights, we can't beat them, right?"

The captain Rupert Bush, who was being scolded by Asher Claflyn, smiled and disagreed. He had a good relationship with Asher, and his father was Marquis of Ianucci Bush, who controlled the textile industry in the southeast of Ankenrien, so he naturally would not have much respect.

"How do you know you can't beat it?"

Asher Claflyn replied, but was not angry. He patted Rupert Bush on the shoulder and shouted.

"Anyway, you send a good post and do a good job of defense. The enemy is Ailena, and anything can happen!"

Asher also knew that many of his team leaders had some background, and many of them were friends with him. After a few words of fierceness, he gave up and started chatting with Rupert Bush.

"Hey, have you heard that the front line was defeated, and the six assisted legions ran back without even fighting. I heard that Armando Resporog of the Ninth Legion, the old pervert and the fat man, gave the order to his soldiers, and he ran away directly when he saw the enemy's giant beast chariot, and he couldn't fight at all. They didn't tell their uncle about this, I was worried that he would definitely be angry when he knew it."

"That's not necessarily true," Rupert Bush shook his head and fiddled with the heavy sword rifle in his hand. "Your uncle is not stupid at all. He can become a grand duke, pass on your family, and carry it forward, but he definitely does not only know how to fight. If I want to tell me, he must have ideas, so he doesn't care about so many messy things."

Rupert Bush's voice was very low when he said this. Asher thought about it and guessed something. Since Paul Gibson's 82 massacre two years ago, he has been a little extreme in his spirit and always pestering Elena. Many of Ankenrigen's great nobles were a little dissatisfied with him. This battle seemed to have more than 800,000 teams, but there were many factions in various legions and internal struggles, and many people didn't want to fight Elena. In the past two weeks, the battle was really because of the enemy's giant beast chariot?

"That giant beast chariot, I have been listening to them bragging, but I have never seen it. I want me to say it, tsk--"

Seeing Asher thinking, Rupert continued, "That's just an excuse. This battle cannot be won from the beginning. Even if there is no giant beast chariot, there may be something else. In short, when everyone comes, they didn't think about winning. Everything is just to satisfy that person."

"Why!"

When Asher heard this, he was suddenly shocked. They were not talking privately in the secret room, but on the position outside Flosivawa. How many ears were heard beside him? What should I do?

"Come on, brother, stop pretending, things are like this, you should think about it carefully, who can—"

Rupert said halfway, patted Asher on the shoulder and walked away. Asher looked at his friend who was drinking and meat, hummed twice, and continued to walk towards the next patrol point. Rupert was right. Flosseva was more than fifty kilometers away from the front line, and there were three legions in the middle. Even if those three legions were defeated, they would always have time for half an hour to resist the opponent. With this time, their command center could be prepared for response, so how could it be attacked by the enemy? Do you really think this was the magic era before the third great demon tide. A flying warship would fly in the sky in minutes?

However, Asher understood Rupert's last words. This time Paul Gibson went crazy and wanted to beat Elena. The reason why the people below did not resist the death and obstructed each other was that they had some ideas. Sometimes, if they wanted to change someone, no matter whether he was an emperor or a prime minister, they had to wait until he made a mistake before they could start.

Thinking of this, Asher smiled and threw the whole thing behind his mind. It was too early to think about those things, and it was of no benefit. Instead of doing this, it would be better to do your own job. Although no one can get here, nothing should be left out.

From a distance, he saw another team of patrol soldiers. Asher raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was almost one quarter of an hour to five o'clock. Today, it was almost over again.

"After watching this team, go back."

Asher, who was talking to himself, was just about to talk to the patrol soldier who was moving towards him when he suddenly heard a special sound, which was a bit like the sun-rise steam engine produced by Elena, and a bit like the sound of some kind of steam rifle. His body subconsciously tightened and looked in the direction where the sound came.

On the right side of Asher, a long convoy of cars galloped from the north of Flossia appeared. The cars were huge and strong, with high red flags flying on the roof. Asher realized the problem as soon as he saw the red flag.

That was the enemy, that was Elena's team.

"Enemy attack!!!!!!"

Asher screamed, his voice distorted. He pulled the horse walking beside him with one hand, held the stirrup with the other, and stepped on it. Then, he sat on the horse and shouted at the patrol in front.

"Go and send a message! Notify all positions that the enemy's giant beast is coming!!!"

The patrol team, which was originally a little panicked, was suddenly infuriated. In the past few days, Elena's giant beast has become an invincible and indestructible symbol in the mouths of well-informed people. Now, when he heard the commander say that the giant beast is coming, the patrol team buzzed and dispersed. Asher saw them running away, then turned his horse's head and turned backwards. He wanted to use the fastest time to defend against the enemy's upcoming raid.

The enemy's approaching speed was far beyond Asher's expectations. In just over a dozen minutes, the place where he had just stood was covered by the firepower of the Ailena army. The wrong layout of the Grand Duke Guard in defense made them lack response to the enemies who were detoured from the north. Most of the troops' steam cannons and shield chariots were on the west defense line. In addition to the already dug trenches and iron shield chest walls, there were only less than three thousand defenders left on the north defense line.

"Kill!!!"

Eilena's troops had already begun to charge, while the soldiers of the Grand Duke Guard were still entering the position. They raised their guns in panic and aimed, shot, then looked around and shouted loudly.

"Eilena's behemoth is here!!! Shoot, shoot!!!"

"We can't defend ourselves, please inform the command center and evacuate as soon as possible!"

The shouts of soldiers, commanders, gunshots, and the shouts of Elena's troops who were charging, sounded in a ball on this position. Not many people knew that they were not facing giant beast tanks, but armoured personnel carriers of mantas, and not many people knew that the steam cannons in their hands could break through the protection of the enemy's armored personnel carriers if the distance was close enough. They were all shocked by the enemy's offensive and were already frightened by the enemy's unexpected direction of attack. Their reaction was only instinct, and a large number of commanders were still waiting for the orders from the upper level. In such an atmosphere, Elena's soldiers entered the shooting distance.

"Dadadada—"

The machine gun fixed on the top of the armored personnel carrier began to shoot. Unlike the meticulous defense of the giant beast tanks against the machine gunners, the Manniu machine gunner only has a steel plate on the front to resist the bullets, and his entire body was exposed. The soldiers who acted at the same time as the Manniu armored personnel carrier had more energy to attack, rather than protecting the Manniu. This off-road model is objective. The Manniu is not as capable as the giant beasts. After leaving the main road, some of them were obstructed by terrain and could not move forward. In the process of launching the attack, there will inevitably be casualties. Therefore, soldiers in the mechanized combat brigade pay more attention to completing the combat plan rather than protecting the tank.

"Counterattack, counterattack!!!"

A faint cry came from the position of the Grand Duke Guard. Many soldiers still maintained their basic combat qualities. They shot, fired, and tried to suppress Elena's attack. But how could the mechanized combat brigade, which had been held back for so long, be stopped so simply? Their fighting spirit charge was full of fighting spirit, relying on the first appearance of the Manbull and the condescending machine gun fire, and in less than twenty minutes, they broke through the enemy's first line of defense. In front of them, there was only a thinner line of defense left to the enemy's commander Henry Claflyn.

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"Where did the enemy emerge?!"

In the command room, Henry Claflyn was losing his temper. The battle has been lost. Could it be that Elena has let her go and has to force people to a dead end?

"We came from the north, but we also had defenses in the north. We had troops arranged at the junction with Siloa and Enspan, and they did not report this attack."

Back to his uncle, Asher gradually relaxed because of the enemy's attack. Henry Claflyn had a charm. No matter how nervous a person was, he could gradually calm down when he saw him under his leadership.

"North? They came with a giant beast this time? It's impossible. The giant beast is so moving, it should-"

Henry Claflyn was interrupted by a shout.

"Report———————”

The one who rushed into the command center with Taiyin was a messenger from the front line. He staggered to Henry Claflyn and spoke loudly.

"Grand, Grand Duke, an enemy unit broke through the defense line of the Third Legion and entered the eastern part of East Loa Province. We are worried that they will threaten the command center, so we will report!"

Hearing the words of the messenger, Henry Claflyn laughed in anger, "They all came to the door, and your news came! Emergency military information, is this useful?"

The messenger was stunned and didn't realize what it meant. Claflyn was too lazy to worry about a soldier. He ordered someone to take the messenger down to rest and gave his own combat instructions.

"Since they came to fight the command center, they must have come for me. The battle has been lost. If they are captured by them again, they will really not be able to mess up. If we continue to notify us, we will retreat immediately!"

"Okay, Lord Grandpa!"

Aziva saluted and turned around and was about to arrange the work, but was stopped by Henry Claflyn.

"Tell the soldiers that the enemy brought this time to see if there is any way to grab one."

"I understand, uncle, don't worry."

Aziva nodded again and ran away. Since the command center decided to evacuate, there was not much time left for him. Stop defense, stop retreat, and prevent the enemy from catching up with him. He had to break the remaining minutes and crush the flowers to minimize the losses.

"Report—"

Another long message was heard. This time the soldiers from the Grand Duke Guard came, and they knelt down with tears.

"Duke, Daquan! The main defense line has been broken by the enemy. We have suffered heavy casualties. Now we are defending the deputy defense line, and the position may be lost at any time! Please evacuate as soon as possible!!"

Hearing the words of the messenger, Henry Claflyn snorted coldly, "Hold them down, let's retreat!"

After saying that, he didn't even look at the messenger, and left hand in hand with Chief of Staff Samuel Oldman. Asher looked at his uncle's back, blinked his eyes and shouted loudly.

"Why are you standing there? Help move!!!"

So the command center started to make a fuss, and people began to pack up and evacuate as soon as possible. In this noisy background, the gunshots not far away were clearly heard. Asher looked at the direction of the gunshots, stomped his feet, and rushed over on his horse.

Too fast, the enemy's attack was too fast! His troops were not even able to mobilize soldiers and equipment, and the enemy broke through the northern defense line. According to the current situation, the command center is destined to fall. As the first commander of the defensive force, if he wants to continue working in the military system in the future, he must do something to recover his losses.

As his uncle Henry Claflyn said, the command can be withdrawn, and people must not be arrested, but if possible, should we leave behind the enemy's giant beast?
Chapter completed!